Eden
עֵ֫דֶןStrong’s H5731eden (e-den)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eden is the Hebrew word usually translated “eden”, “from eden” and “like eden”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12
- § Eden= "pleasure"
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.31.15
How it's translated
- eden 11
- in eden 2
- from eden 1
- and eden 1
- like eden 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 6
- Ezekiel 5
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Isaiah 1
- Joel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 2:10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
- Genesis 2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 3:23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Genesis 4:16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- 2 Chronicles 29:12Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
Hebrew dictionary
עֵ֫דֶן eden · Eden
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12; son of: Joah (H3098L) § Eden= "pleasure" a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah
עֵ֫דֶן eden · Eden
§ Eden= "pleasure" the first habitat of man after the creation
עֵ֫דֶן eden · Eden
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.31.15 § Eden= "pleasure" the first habitat of man after the creation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
E'DEN, noun
[Heb. pleasure, delight.]
The country and garden in which Adam and Eve were placed by God himself.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.